The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-10-12
DEATH OF JAP TURPEN.
The Well Known JOurn @Iist Dies Suddenly
IN Washing tor City Sunday Morning.

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IN Washing tor City Sunday Morning.
Private dispatches received last night
from Washington City announce the sad
iarly known as "Jsp" Turpen. The sad
event occurred at an early hour yesterday
morning. Although to some extent
expected by his friends, yet his death
was sudden. He had not bean well for
several months, and during the summer had
sought health among the mountains of
Western Maryland without success. Lately
be returned to Washington, where he
grew Iapidly worse. he contracted the
seeds of consumption probably during his
army life, having spent four years with the
Eleventh Indiana, but being man of In
domitable will he bore up under the silent
Iavsges of the disease with his usual pluck
and endurance. His friends think that
the few months spent in the Treasury De-
partment at Washington aggravated the
disease and fastened his end. He was
born in TipioD, Ind, in 184l, where he
spent his youth and earlier manhood. He
became well known to Indianians as the
editor OF the Upton Times, and efterward
of the Enterprise, of the same city. Then
it was that he obtained the sobriquet of
1.-THE Upton Slasher," from the vigorous
manner in which he handled his editorial
pen against political county ring. After
wsId Mr.. Turpen edit ed paper in Koko-
mo, and then went to Kansas, where he
once more entered the newspaper
field and once more attacked a ring
of politicians, This latter made q very
determined onslaught on him, going so far
at one time ss to have him kidnapped. 1t
wss several days before his wife knew
where he was. BE returned. however, in
plucky sbspe and finally smoked the gang
out Mr.. Turpen has been connected with
the Sentinel st various times as special and
editorial writer, but his work attracted the
most IA vorable attention during the time
that be was the Ssntinel's Washington cor
respondent. During his Washington life,
his correspondence found its way into
prominent New York journals, as we'll as
into scores of others in the West aud
South. HIS was appointed special pension
examiner about eighteen months ago, but
his health failed SO rapidly a few months
since that he was forced to a resignation.
He was q prolific writer and although
somewhat lsboTious in his modes, seldom
failed TO produce credltsble and entertain
ing matter. His style occasionally intri-
cate as it undoubtedly was, always bore
| the marks Of patient painstaking labor and
some Of the puTeSt and most finished sen
ter ces that ever appeared in the English
| Language, were the products of the brain
Gnu pSb Vi Jop AOAPoh' Hi' hohuA IN .
George w. Julian and other masters of the
| language held high opinion of Mr.. Tur-
| penis literary style and ability. He was g
man OF good qualities of head and heart,
faithful to his friends and not unchsritable
to these who misjudged or i'll treated him.
| He had hosts of friends throughout the
State who will regret to hear of his untime
| " death. May he rest well. He leaves q
wife and one child, a daughter, who were
at his bedside when he died. He will be
buried in Washington City to-day.